# Paizix robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-04-08

# Standard Search Engines
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /random-game/
Disallow: /favorites/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /random-game/
Disallow: /favorites/

# AI Search Bots (Allow - powers AI search citations)
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/

# AI Training Crawlers (Block - no traffic benefit)
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# Rate limit aggressive SEO crawlers
User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 2

# Default
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /random-game/
Disallow: /favorites/

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://paizix.com/sitemap_index.xml